Comments on: Using Different Operating Systems on one network.

By: henryh

henryh — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:44:58 +0000

BUT! it depends.
There is an assumption that you will be using TCP/IP (& why wouldn’t you). But if you have been retired for 7 years you will certainly remember Novel NOS (& some of the others).
The incompatibilities between different OSs was why TCP/IP was developed.

By: thefinder

thefinder — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:37:08 +0000

Thanks man, This is what I thought but just wanted to be certain. again, thank you.

By: labnuke99

labnuke99 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:07:22 +0000

Many different OS’s can use the same cabling system and network. If they need to communicate with each other, they use standard protocols like AppleTalk, IPX or TCP/IP. The internet is a prime example of multiple OS’s sharing a network. There are linux hosts, unix hosts, windows hosts, mainframes, etc. on the global internet. Standards were built for communicating/data sharing across platforms.

By: thefinder

thefinder — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:24:05 +0000

Ok, Great, thank you.